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Surviving or thriving: The role of learning for the resilient performance of small firms

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Surviving or thriving: The role of learning for the resilient performance of small firms. / Battisti, Martina; Beynon, Malcolm; Pickernell, David et al.
In: Journal of Business Research, Vol. 100, 01.07.2019, p. 38-50.

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Battisti M, Beynon M, Pickernell D, Deakins D. Surviving or thriving: The role of learning for the resilient performance of small firms. Journal of Business Research. 2019 Jul 1;100:38-50. Epub 2019 Mar 15.

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Battisti, Martina ; Beynon, Malcolm ; Pickernell, David et al. / Surviving or thriving : The role of learning for the resilient performance of small firms. In: Journal of Business Research. 2019 ; Vol. 100. pp. 38-50.

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title = "Surviving or thriving: The role of learning for the resilient performance of small firms",
abstract = "Building on a longitudinal dataset of 245 small firms covering the period of the Global Financial Crisis, this study uses, in combination with fuzzy clustering, the N-State Classification and Ranking Belief Simplex (NCaRBS) technique. This technique, able to deal with ambiguous outcome variables, small datasets, incomplete data and relationships that have the potential to be non-linear, is used to explore the relationship between learning and the resilient performance of small firms. Our findings provide a fine-grained picture of the complex relationships between strategic, cognitive and behavioural learning mechanisms and three resilient performance clusters – sustained performance, stability, and survival – which has implications for theory, as well as practice. By examining learning at the level of the individual owner-manager and also the organisation, we contribute to a better understanding of the role of specific learning mechanisms, a role that is still not well understood",
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